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MLA Style—Part III

MLA Style—Part III. Works Cited page citations. General Guidelines. Broadly speaking, entries follow this order: Author’s name Title Publication information (date, volume, city of publication, etc.) Mode of access (print or web)

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MLA Style—Part III

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  1. MLA Style—Part III Works Cited page citations

  2. General Guidelines • Broadly speaking, entries follow this order: • Author’s name • Title • Publication information (date, volume, city of publication, etc.) • Mode of access (print or web) • Each form is slightly different. There are forms for books, journal and magazine articles, newspaper articles, web sites, video recordings, and other types of entries. • Look up the right format for each source. • Do not trust an automated online citation service or citation-generating software to format your entries correctly. The responsibility is yours.

  3. Books Franke, Damon. Modernist Heresies: British Literary History, 1883-1924. Columbus: Ohio State UP, 2008. Print.

  4. Journal Articles Piper, Andrew. “Rethinking the Print Object: Goethe and the Book of Everything.” PMLA 121.1 (2006): 124- 138. Print.

  5. Journal Articles Piper, Andrew. “Rethinking the Print Object: Goethe and the Book of Everything.” PMLA 121.1 (2006): 124- 138. Print. (For a journal that uses volume numbers.) Kafka, Ben. “The Demon of Writing: Paperwork, Public Safety, and the Reign of Terror.” Representations 98 (2007): 1-24. Print. (For a journal that uses only issue numbers.)

  6. Magazine Articles McEvoy, Dermot. “Little Books, Big Success.” Publishers Weekly 30 Oct. 2006: 26-28. Print. (For a weekly or bi-weekly magazine.) Kates, Robert. W. “Population and Consumption: What We Know, What We Need to Know.” Environment Apr. 2000: 10-19. Print. (For a monthly or bi-monthly magazine.)

  7. Newspaper Articles Jeromack, Paul. “This Once, a David of the Art World Does Goliath a Favor.” New York Times 13 July 2002, late ed.: B7+. Print.

  8. Newspaper Articles Jayson, Sharon. “Avoiding Lies Can Improve Health.” USA Today 6 August 2012: A1+. Print.

  9. Web Sources For each web source, cite as much of the following as possible: • Author, compiler, editor, etc. • Title of the work (the page) • Title of the overall Web site (in italics). • Version or edition • Publisher or sponsor. (Use “N.p.” if not available.) • Date of publication • Medium of publication (Web) • Date of access (day/month/year)

  10. Web Source—With An Author Bush, Dana. “Reid Puts GOP in a Bind over Romney’s Taxes.” CNN.com. Turner Broadcasting System, 7 August 2012. Web. 20 August 2012. (Click to see online source.)

  11. Web Source—Corporate Author American Heart Association. “Healthy Diet Goals.” Heart.org. AHA, 2012. Web. 20 August 2012. (Click to see online source.)

  12. Acknowledgement MLA Handbook, 7th edition for some of the example entries.

  13. Questions? Writing Center Prince 209 (843) 349-2937

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